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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1895
Page
8
The store emphasizes its carefully selected linen stock and the value customers gain from buying from Gorman's Grand Depot. It markets the idea that deeper knowledge of linens enhances appreciation for quality and value.
The notice urges selecting from a fine stock of ribbons for upcoming lawn parties and picnics as summer nears, linking festive decor with the seasonal “summer girl” motif. It emphasizes readiness and timely preparation for events.
The notice proclaims affordable imported ginghams in clan plaids stripes and checks with fast colors and many new figures. It urges customers to come early for the best colors and emphasizes prices that do not cover manufacturing costs.
Ladies' tailor made suits showcased with elegant proportions and exquisite make in blacks, blues and tins. Prices range from $21.50 to $90.50 per suit with emphasis on color variety and fit.
A small ad notes a monthly fashion feature from a local store titled Our Fashion. It promises the latest dress materials and stories and states copies are given away to callers who visit the shop.
At New York on May 11 the stock exchange saw intense buying and a booming mood with foreign accounts active. Grangers and spirits stocks rose on crop and European outlooks while a Cuba revolution and sugar crop concerns kept traders cautious toward the close. Trading volume reached 298000 shares as Northern Pacific and other issues showed notable gains.
A brief market note records percentage highs and lows with figures like 170 percent and 176 percent and cites closing data at O City, leaving the full context unclear.
The New York market bulletin notes quiet to firm tone across grains with No 2 red and white varieties showing firmness and dull options. Provisions and dairy are steady to weaker while Chicago cattle and hog markets open with steady to firm tendencies and varying stock prices.
Ashland business leaders discuss building a two mile trolley route to connect with the Schuylkill Traction system and the Shamokin Mt. Carmel Centralia Electric railway. The venture would tie regional lines and boost coal shipments despite Reading Railroad tonnage rate disputes with Lehigh Valley.
Forty five thousand brook trout arrived here Friday and were released in streams near Montrose. Montrose High School held commencement exercises with the class presenting essays and a valedictory, while the Alumni banquet at the Montrose house featured multiple toasts. Other notes include a divorce in East Stroudsburg, a new athletic association, and a head injury to a Wyoming Seminary player on the Normal campus.
Contractor 8 A Roach of Carbonda le secured the contract to build the Lithuanian Catholic church on Lackawanna street and will begin at one o clock. Meanwhile workers prepared Hillside cemetery grounds and the Carbondale and Forest City Electric Hallway Company halted service after a wage strike Saturday causing traffic turmoil. The wage dispute left wages at 45 per month in dispute.
The Hillside Coal and Iron Company employees were paid Saturday. The Lihwanians of this place have decided to hold a Fourth of July celebration. Dr Reeves of Scranton is a specialist in lung troubles and heart diseases. Fishermen report large catches from Wayne County lakes.
A birthday gathering was held at John M. Mitchell's home in Bunker Hill for his mother Aunt Polly Mitchell of Drinker Pa. About thirty children grandchildren and great grandchildren attended with music and refreshments. Ervin Miller plans to visit Mount Pleasant for the summer with his grandparents. Mrs Sidler Hopkins a respected resident died at her father's home in Green Ridge after a brief illness. The funeral of George Simpson was held on Drinker Street with services by Rev Leacock and others, burial at Dunmore cemetery. Pallbearers named. flowers carried by D H Barton Edward Anguin and J C Moffatt. Mrs G W Br Allen is convalescing. James Dooley and wife visiting friends in New York City.
Charlesworth and Canivan purchased the machine shop and lot from Wyman Kimble for 800 dollars, adding a bicycle repair shop last year. Fred Schiessler resigned from Hotel Anthracite Carbondale to return to Honesdale. Miss Beesle Phelps visited Scranton guest Miss Vinnie Rose. The Wayne Independent offered prizes for youth budgets with winners Miss Fivn G. Grege Miss Galilee Mamte House Newfoundland and Ella Bent Beech Lake. No boys placed and no Honesdale competition. Miss Louise Heft visited Dunmore relatives and returned home Saturday.
A vintage ad touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as trusted for teething pain and diarrhea. It claims decades of use by mothers, soothing the child and easing wind colic. Sold by druggists worldwide for twenty five cents a bottle.
Pred D Lamb attends school in the Parlor City. Mary Grogran of Great Bend visits Susquehanna. J W Ufford replaces George Case as day engineer at the silk mill. Dobson of Great Bend hired as night watchman. Ella Hiller returns from New York City. DuBois Hook and Ladder buys Baptist church on Pine Street and plans relocation as headquarters. Mrs. William Hardcastle of Washington visits her mother on William Street. Gertrude Nichols in Binghamton. Dr Reeves, Scranton, promoted as quick cure. Millard Decker to build house at Main and Franklin. Ladies Aid plans Baptist church ice cream social Friday evening May 17.
The Har ford Orphan school will hold its annual examination on May 24 and 26. The public exercises will be available for all interested attendees. The prior night a home talent presentation of Hickry Farm at the opera house drew a large crowd and praise. Lew McCollum performed two songs between acts to lively acclaim.
The Vandling United Brass Band hosts a grand ball and supper in Pinkett's Ball on Friday evening May 18 to celebrate its first year. A drawing for a $10 gold piece will occur and the winner will be announced. Dancing will be free.
A troubling notice touts Dr. Smith of 312 Wyoming Avenue Scranton promising cures for incurable cases. It cites a decade long bed bound patient Mis Almond Day and asserts magnetic or hypnotic treatments with public demonstrations at Music Hall and daily healings next week with free admission.
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